excluding file types when packaging an rpm

Question

In my spec file for packaging a python rpm, I want to remove certain filetypes in certain directories:

e.g., I want to exclude source *.py files in these directories:

lib/*.py

comm/*.py

I think I should do this in the %file section of my spec. Any suggestions?

Answer 1

You need to use %exclude macro, i.e.

%files
%exclude /lib/*.py
%exclude /comm/*.py